Outer knickers



Aug. 1, 1933.

H. C. DANNUNZIO OUTER KNICKERS Filed May 13, 1932 INVENTOR TTORNEY Patented Aug. 1, 1933 UNITED STATES OUTER KNICKERS I Harry 0. DAnnunzio, Rochester, N. Y assignor,

by mesne assignments, to Fashion Park Manufacturing Corporation, a Corporation York of New Application May 13, 1932. Serial No. 611,033

5 Claims.

My invention relates to an improvement in outer knickers and its novelty consists in the adaptation and arrangement of parts as will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

The great objection to outer knickers lies in the fact that they are usually worn while playing golf or some other strenuous game from which the wearer returns hot and tired and ready for a bath. He therefore wishes to immediately remove them before he takes off his shoes and stockings. This cannot be readily done with the present outer knickers which fasten tightly around the knee. Also men like to put their pants or knickers on last so as to be free while shaving or completing their other dressing and this cannot be done without great difficulty because the present knickers fasten at the knee and will not slide down over the stockings and shoes.

My new outer knickers overcome this difficulty and can be quickly and easily pulled on over shoes and stockings and taken off over the same as there is no knee fastening and the lower ends of the legs are open so that my improved knickers can be put on and taken off as quickly andeasily as full length pants even though they have the baggy appearance at the knee characteristic of the knickers which are fastened at the knee.

Referring to the drawing, Figure 1 is a front elevation of an embodiment of my new outer knickers with broken off legs shown therein and a part of one leg of said knickers being broken away to show the interior construction.

Figure 2 is a cross section of Figure 1 on the line 22.

In the drawing 3 is a pair of outer knickers having the usual waist band 4 over which are secured the regular loops 5 to receive and hold a belt and having pocket openings 6, waist button '7, pocket button 8, fly 9, crotch 10 and legs 11.

The lower ends of the legs 11 are open at 12 and the material of the legs 11 is rolled back under at 12 to form circular pockets 13 and stitched to lining 14 all the way around at 15. A complete ring of flexible padding 16 is placed in said pocket 13 before said stitching and serves to hold down the lower ends of said legs 11 in a position away from contact with legs 17. This is clearly shown in Figure 2.

This shows that even though the lower ends of the legs 11 are not fastened around the knees or legs 17 and have entirely open ends they hang away from said knees or legs 1'7 the same as any other knickers are adapted to and do. So that my knickers have the effect desired in all knickers are quickly and easily put on and removed.

Many variations may be made in the, structure as shown'without departing from the spirit and intent of my invention.

I claim: e p I 1. In a pair of outer knickers two leg elements having lower open ends and means whereby they hang free from contact at the knee in simulation of the usual knee fastened and draped knickers comprising a complete ring of flexible padding in the lower endsof each of said leg elements.

2. In a pair of outer knickers two leg elements having lower open ends and means whereby they hang free from contact at the knee in simulation of the usual knee fastened and draped knickers comprising a permanently fastened wide turn within the lower ends of said legs and a complete ring of padding entirely encased in each wide turn.

.3. A pair of outer knickers having two leg elements and means effecting free hanging open ends whereby knee fastened draped knickers are simulated comprising a flexible ring of padding of substantial width pocketed in the lower ends of said legs.

4. In combination in a pairof outer knickers a pair of open end leg elements each terminating at their lower ends in a wide circular pocket and a ring of 1 padding filling each wide circular pocket. 7 a

5. In a pair of outer knickers two leg elements having lower open ends and means whereby they drape directly from the waist of said knickers so as to simulate knee under-fastened baggy draped knickers comprising a complete ring of flexible padding in the lower ends of each of said :leg elements. 7

- HARRY C. DANNUNZIO. 

